Swiss Grenades in Syrian Rebel Hands Were Given to UAE

Capping a multi-month probe into photographs showing Syrian rebels in possession of Swiss-made hand grenades, the Swiss government says that it has concluded the weapons were initially exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) years ago.

The commission found that the UAE gave a portion of its shipment to Jordan to “fight terrorism” and speculated that those grenades had somehow found their way into Syria, though they give no indication of how.

The UAE is one of several gulf nations openly backing the Syrian rebels. Despite this, they seem to be denying allegations that they directly sent the weapons to them.

Switzerland says that since 2006 all exports have come with a conditional promise not to “re-export” them and that these grenades were send to the UAE before such deals were in place. They have promised to probe other arms exports to “various countries” from before that date to make sure that other weapons aren’t finding their way into civil wars.

3 thoughts on “Swiss Grenades in Syrian Rebel Hands Were Given to UAE”

Swiss made hand grenades? WTF?? Oh wait I get it, Swiss made is ultra chic and trendy. Kind of like a Rolex or those icky Swiss chocolates. Switzerland is giving away hand grenades? Damn, that seems like a really stupid idea there boy.

Right now, Syria is fighting to get off and stay off the ropes. All of its antagonists in the Gulf are vulnerable and should worry however, since if and when blowback finally comes, those nations could find themselves in much deeper trouble than Syria. Wonder what Panetta and Clinton will do then?
Wonder what Kennan and Acheson whose names Leon and Hillary are so eager to invoke would think about the mess these cretins have created and continue to create.